A well-established creative polymath based between India and Spain, Anushka Manchanda has an artistic legacy that spans from editing and directing to Bollywood playback singing and screen performances. With Kiss Nuka, she asserts total control of her artistic voice and presents it at its most unabashed and
all-encompassing.
Blends of ambient soundscapes, four-on-the-floor rhythms, electro-pop vocal lines, drum and bass frenzy, groovy bass thumping and poetic lyricism co-exist on works like the cinematic and haunting Don’t Be Afraid, the subtle and sombre Kashmir, the socio-politically bold and blazing hip-hop number Ayo Burn, and her debut EP Serpentine, which fluidly traverses across the spectrum of dance music with a gritty energy. Her recent releases also include the single I Love The Drive, which dropped on the seminal UK label Ninja Tune imprint Ahead Of Time
and was accompanied by a remix from co-founder and one-half of Coldcut, Matt Black.
Bringing together all her creative roles, Kiss Nuka elevates her musical offerings with audio-visual pieces dealing with themes like the rise of the feminine, animal rights, and environmentalism to create cinematic storytelling for both the screen and the live setting. Her thought-provoking audio-visual work has won recognition at the Indian Independent Music Awards, Berlin Music Video Awards, and London Music Video Awards, and is currently on display at The World of Music Video exhibition at Völkinger Hütte UNESCO World Heritage Site alongside work from iconic artists like Björk, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack and Lil Nas X.
Earlier in June 2023, the artist curated Serpentine Remixed, an LP of her debut EP Serpentine, featuring remixes across genres by prolific peers that garnered rave reviews, radio plays and support across borders. The artist-producer and activist also released Fight in collaboration with Beirut-based NGO The Great Oven.
As a live performer, Kiss Nuka has brought her hypnotic, seamless and dynamically-rich live set to stages such as Mixmag LAB, Magnetic Fields Festival, Rave The Planet, and Basscamp Festival. She wrapped up her first year soundtracking the dancefloor by getting featured among Mixmag's Top 15 Live Acts of 2022.

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